V-Ray light types: Dome

- [Instructor] Having already taken a look…at the default sunlight tools…in V-Ray for SketchUp Version 3,…we're going to take a look here…at yet another daylight-type option,…this being V-Ray's dome light.…To create a dome light,…all we need do is follow some by now familiar creation steps…in that we can come to the V-Ray Lights toolbar,…click on the Dome Light button…and then left click once in the view port…and with that our dome light is created.…To see how this works, let's take an initial render…of what we have.…Now, straightaway we can note a few interesting things…going on here.…

First of all, we see that the dome light…doesn't need to have any GI systems turned on…in order to create an all-around lighting effect.…In fact, if we open up the Asset Editor…and take a look in the Settings tab,…we can see that global illumination is still turned off.…What we are seeing in the render then…is the result of a hemispherical dome…of direct light now being cast into the scene.…We can also see that we're getting what appears…

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9/10/2018

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10/5/2017

V-Ray 3 for SketchUp features interactive rendering technology that allows users to see results immediately upon changes to the model. In this course, Brian Bradley both introduces and helps to solidly ground you in your ability to use the tools and features found in the powerful V-Ray for SketchUp rendering solution. After he familiarizes you with the V-Ray interface, Brian demonstrates how to add illumination to your scenes using the program's versatile lighting tools. He shows how to work with different light types for adding both artificial light and natural-looking daylight. In addition, he covers the V-Ray camera, materials, map types, render elements, FX tools, and more.